Ferny Reyes

Ferny Reyes has extensive experience working in the education sector. They started their career as an AP Social Studies Instructor and Course Leader at YES Prep Public Schools, where they focused on AP course development and coached history teachers. They also founded and coached UIL Academics at YES Prep Southwest. Reyes then worked as a History Teacher at Achievement First, teaching AP World History and Global History. They also served as an internal test developer for AP courses and coached the Speech and Debate team. Reyes continued their career as a US History and AP US History Instructor at MESA Charter High School, where they achieved a high pass rate on the US History Regents and developed a successful Speech and Debate program. They then joined the College Board as an Assessment Developer for the Pre-AP History/Social Studies program. Reyes also worked as a part-time Content Writer for Albert.io, creating original question sets for AP World and US History. Most recently, they served as a History Curriculum Specialist at Democracy Prep Public Schools, providing support and coaching for teachers and administrators, creating curricular materials, and managing curriculum associations for middle school and high school history. Currently, Reyes is the Network Director of Data and Assessment at Excel Academy Charter Schools.

Ferny Reyes completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies and Teacher Preparation from Yale University from 2006 to 2010. In 2020 and 2021, Ferny attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where they obtained a Master of Education degree in School Leadership, with a focus on School Developer. Additionally, Ferny has obtained a certification in Social Studies 8-12 from the Texas Education Agency, although the specific month and year of obtaining the certification are not provided.